Don’t Be Skunked by the Sunday Scaries 🦨
As some of you longtime Sunday Scaries readers know, Jim loves flora and fauna, and one of the things we’ve done together since early in our relationship is forage for mushrooms. Last summer, we were totally skunked due to an atypically dry summer. So, naturally, after one well-timed bout of precipitation and some promising temperatures, […]
Your Sunday Scaries Might Be Jumping the Gun 🏃♀️🌱
In what is the weirdest weather year ever, it’s been spring in Colorado since Thanksgiving and summer since March 1st. So, it’s only natural that April would usher in a cold snap, including snow and freezing temps. Which meant one thing: 🌳 Tree tipis. Yes, we (Jim) built full-on shelters over our fruit trees to […]
Deviate from Your Sunday Scaries Plan
This week took me to Nashville – Clarksville, TN to be exact. Over a 48-hour whirlwind, I facilitated training with executive, leadership, and rising leadership teams, keynote a luncheon, and threw in a book signing. 💫 And somewhere between the boardroom and the boarding gate, I got a very clear reminder: 👉 Not all plan […]
Put Your Sunday Scaries on the Struggle Bus
On this first day of spring (which here in the Rockies feels more like May instead of March 😰), I took my Sunday Scaries to Red Hill in scenic Carbondale, Colorado. If you’re not familiar, just picture red dirt, lots of rocks, and a desert-like trail that makes you question your life choices on the […]
Sunday Scaries, Beware the Ides of March 🗡️
The Ides of March — the fateful date when a suspiciously accurate prophecy and one very unfortunate trip to the Roman Senate sealed the fate of Julius Caesar. 🔮A fortune teller had warned Caesar to “beware the Ides of March.” He didn’t. History handled the rest. Now, most of us aren’t facing betrayal in a […]
Change Your Sunday Scaries Hat 🎩
On Friday, I traded one coaching hat for another. 🏋️ Here and there, I help out at the CrossFit gym. It’s a fun and, surprisingly, applicable way to use my coaching skills in a new setting. Encourage people.Watch form.Push when it’s time to push.Remind someone they’re stronger than they think. This week, I had the […]
👀Patrol Your Sunday Scaries
We had some friends roll into town this weekend from a few ski towns over — including one who patrols at A-Basin. If you don’t know Arapahoe Basin, just picture a high-alpine playground sitting above 13,000 feet where “casual” terrain doesn’t really exist. It’s one of the most extreme ski resorts in Colorado, so patrolling […]
The Sunday Scaries Just Got Extended 😵💫
Nine extra humans have been living in our house for the past week as part of the annual Callen family visit. We’ve skied four days, watched a 5.5-year-old conquer the chairlift, and created a mudroom situation that may require professional intervention. It’s been chaotic, exhausting, and genuinely really good. Despite the stress of having your […]
🪿Send Your Sunday Scaries on a Wild Goose Chase
Two years ago, I fell down an internet rabbit hole and became mildly obsessed with something called the Barkley Marathons, especially because that was the year the first woman ever finished it. If you’ve never heard of it, that’s kind of the point. 😆 It’s a “race” in Tennessee that starts when someone lights a […]
🥇Unconference Your Sunday Scaries
This past week, I did something that felt surprisingly radical for someone who loves a stage and a good “old” conference. I went to an Unconference. No speakers. No stage. No keynotes. No “sit quietly while someone theoretically smarter than the room tries to shove the hours worth of material into a 37-minute keynote.” Instead, […]